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ˈsnap-back
Also snapback.
[f. snap-.]
1. U.S. and Canad. Football.
a. A centre player; the centre-rusher. ? Obs.
1887Outing Oct. 69/2 He it is who, receiving the ball from the ‘center-rusher’, or ‘snap-back’, as he is more commonly called, passes it to some other player for a kick or run. 1893W. C. Camp College Sports 99 This name [sc. center rusher] has since given place almost entirely to ‘snap-back’. 1901Encycl. Sport II. 426/1 The influence of the snap-back will at once be realised from the consideration that the moment he puts the ball into play through his legs behind him, he also makes six men besides himself immediately off-side.
b. A backward pass from the centre which puts the ball in play to begin a scrimmage.
1910[see scrimmage, scrummage n. 4 c (a)]. 1947Sun (Baltimore) 8 Nov. 10/3 The first [attempt] fizzled when Wally Wilson fumbled the snapback, while Jones booted wide of the goal posts following the final six pointer.
2. a. A recovery of an earlier position or circumstances. b. A reaction or retaliation.
1949Sun (Baltimore) 15 Oct. 13/1 A mild recovery movement in mid-morning cut losses... In the final hour [of trading] there was a snap-back from the lows that gave the whole market a lift. 1961Economist 28 Oct. 370/3 There is little prospect of a swift snapback until the economy shows more signs of strength. 1972P. Tamony Americanisms (typescript) No. 32. 2 The snap⁓back of the childish and immature took the form of re-mailings of obscene scrawls. 1979Financial Rev. 11 June 7/1 Behind the upward move of the dollar a pressure cooker effect is building—the kind of pressure that could cause a snap-back and make last year's weakness in the currency look like strength.
3. In Boxing, a swift backward movement of the body to evade an opponent's blow.
1950J. Dempsey Championship Fighting xxii. 169 The last and worst type of evasion is the pull-away. Some fighters call it the ‘snap-back’. 1952Amateur Boxing (‘Know the Game’ ser.) 23/1 Snap back, a sway backwards—a quick ‘snap’ back from the hips, sufficient to be out of range of the blow. |
